Establishing the Limits of the Mini-Mental State: Examination of ‘Subtests’

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 87-92

  Feher, Edward P ^a   Mahurin, Roderick K ^a   Doody, Rachelle S ^a   Cooke, Norma ^a   Sims, Jamie ^b   Pirozzolo, Francis J ^b  

^a Memory Assessment Clinics ^*  (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WECHSLER SCALES; WRITING;

EID: 0026513128     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1992.00530250091022     Document Type: Article

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